Job Description

JOB SUMMARY 1.0 Job Summary The Senior Management Accountant is responsible for supporting the Care Groups and Management Accounts Team in delivering a high quality and timely financial management services to all budget holders within a Care Group. 1.1 Providing high level financial expertise and advice to the senior finance manager and Care Group managers in the development and delivery of the Care Group Annual Plan 1.2 Co-ordinate, evaluate and review the production of the monthly Care Group Management Reports 1.3 Intelligence gathering and investigation of service issues to advice on financial risk and options for decision making 1.4 Provide financial advice and expertise in Business Case development in particular concerning the cost benefit analysis 1.4 Day to day operational management of management accounts staff 1.5 Leadership role within the Care Group; able to work in a multi-disciplinary team using matrix working to deliver the Care Group objectives. 2. Key Relationships Care Group Deputy Directors, managers and clinicians Management Accounts team Senior staff in finance including access to specialist expertise Maintenance of internal and external relationships with Care Group Key stakeholders and partners on order to represent the Care Group in meetings or project work 3.

Key Results Areas:

Financial Governance To provide advice and training to Care Group managers to ensure there is good understanding and compliance with Standing Financial instructions, Standing Orders Financial Procedures and accounting policies To provide analysis and information to senior finance staff for completion of information and returns for external bodies including Freedom of Information To provide accurate financial information to the required timetables and detailed analysis to support the completion of statutory accounts Financial Strategy and Planning To support the Finance Manager in the development and maintenance of the Care Group medium term financial plan Provide financial support and advice to support Care Group business planning for a portfolio of budgets holders Plan and deliver detailed costing and analysis work to support Care Group capital and revenue developments including business cases and delivery of Cost Improvement Plans. Particularly concerning cost v benefits analysis Co-ordination of annual planning tasks and annual accounts analysis including oversight and review of junior staff Financial Reporting and Management Accounting Co-ordinate and produce the detailed workings for budget setting including the evaluation, analysis and reconciliation to the Care Groups financial plan Co-ordinate and produce the monthly management reports for the Care Group Co-ordinate and undertake analysis and investigation of services issues arising from monthly reporting including consideration of financial risk. Review and analyse complex variances including trend analysis Undertake complex performance analysis using financial and non financial data Support the Finance Managers in the production and interpretation of service line reporting. Provide professional financial support and advice for financial reporting to Care Group budget holders and other managers.



Produce written financial reports on financial to support the decision making process within the Care Group. Other duties Provide financial and costing analysis to the central finance team to support the delivery of mandatory returns or to internal facilitate benchmarking. Provide training to other finance and Care Group staff as appropriate Key member of the Care Group support service team to be able to contribute to Care Group projects and matrix management. Supervision of Care Group finance staff including appraisal , training and staff development Work as an integral member of the finance team to ensure the Trust delivers on its statutory financial duties.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values: Honest, open, transparent Respectful Person first and in the centre Improve and be outstanding Relevant today, ready for tomorrow Families and carers matter Safeguarding: Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy. Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training. Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy: All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to: ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns; maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct; understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy; comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol.



Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually; receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed; understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy; recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity; ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining; comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision); demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement; abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached; work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.



adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds; being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact; Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly; In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care. This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.



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